Giro d'Italia: Vingegaard wins stage 16 in the pink jersey

Already enjoying a solid general classification lead at this Giro d'Italia, Jonas Vingegaard soared to another stage victory and added to his overall advantage on Tuesday's stage 16, which started and finished in Switzerland.

Vingegaard soloed clear on the Cat. 1 summit finish and pressed on alone to the line in Carì to secure his fourth stage win of this year's race, arriving 1:09 ahead of Felix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM) with Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) a further two seconds back in third. Gall and Hindley finished the day sitting in second and third overall, respectively, after one-time Giro leader Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) lost three minutes on the stage and dropped from second to fifth in the GC standings.

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[race_result id=13 stage_id=89981 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]

How it happened

• Stage 16 got underway beneath sunny skies on a hot day in Bellinzona in the Swiss canton of Ticino, and there was plenty of action from the start as riders fought to get into the break. After attacks and counterattacks, a substantial group formed and built a small gap – but the peloton was not content to let them go, driving a hard pace in pursuit over the ensuing 20 km.
• The group was caught on the day's first categorized climb, setting up another surge from breakaway hopefuls.…